A recent Associated Press report has highlighted the alarming prevalence of skin diseases among children in Gaza, including lice, scabies, and rashes, exacerbated by severe sanitary conditions resulted from Israel long war on Gaza.
The combination of overcrowded displacement tents, extreme temperatures, and exposure to open sewage has significantly contributed to the proliferation of these conditions, as indicated by health officials.
According to the World Health Organization (WHO), Gaza is experiencing over 103,000 cases of lice and scabies, alongside 65,000 cases of skin rashes.
Munira al-Nahhal, residing in a tent amidst the dunes near Khan Younis in the southern part of the region, lamented, “There is no shampoo or soap. The water is contaminated. Everything is covered in sand, insects, and garbage.”
40,000 cases of hepatitis are reported among children in Gaza due to massive displacement of people, overcrowded shelters, lack of clean water, soap, and other hygiene supplies, according to the UN Agency for the Palestine Refugees (UNRWA).
Some days earlier, Gaza’s health ministry also declared a polio epidemic across the coastal enclave on Monday, blaming Israel’s ongoing genocide war for the spread of the deadly virus.
Ten months on the brutal Israeli war, very heavy restrictions on humanitarian access, lack of adequate medical care and prevention measures, have created the perfect recipe for diseases including Hepatitis A to spread in the region, especially among children in overcrowded shelters.
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